Improving outpatient antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: results of new algorithms used in European trials

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jun;36(6):725-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.49. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Authors

Robert Gaynes¹, Stuart Levy²

Affiliations

¹ 1Emory University School of Medicine,Atlanta,Georgia.
² 2Tufts University School of Medicine,and Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics,Boston,Massachusetts.

PMID: 25736896
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.49

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Clinical Trials as Topic
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Europe / epidemiology
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing* / adverse effects
Inappropriate Prescribing* / prevention & control
Outpatients
Point-of-Care Testing
Respiratory Tract Infections* / diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections* / therapy
United States / epidemiology
Virus Diseases / diagnosis*
Virus Diseases / epidemiology
Virus Diseases / therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents